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3/5 |
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A Crude Awakening: The Oil Crash (2006) |
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"Depressingly compelling." | |
Tom Charity | |
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3/5 |
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A Throw of Dice (1929) |
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"This silent Indian melodrama offers proof positive that America didn’t have the monopoly on epic cinema in the ‘20s." | |
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1/5 |
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The Accidental Husband (2008) |
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"Limp, transparently plotted flight fodder." | |
Jane Crowther | |
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2/5 |
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Across the Universe (2007) |
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"All you need is love… but a coherent vision doesn’t hurt either." | |
Tom Dawson | |
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3/5 |
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Air Guitar Nation (2007) |
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"you will be entertained even if, in rock’n’ roll terms, it’s less satanic metal than cutesy chart pop." | |
Tom Hawker | |
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2/5 |
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Aliens Vs. Predator: Requiem (2007) |
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"With a spike in the gore quotient, hardcore fans left baying for Paul WS Anderson’s blood after the first AVP may be happy. Those interested in anything more than a barely comprehensible bitch-slap between two ill-treated icons should take a rain-check." | |
Tony Horkins | |
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5/5 |
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All About Eve (1950) |
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"Impeccable." | |
Neil Smith | |
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3/5 |
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Alpha Dog (2007) |
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"Lengthy and often off-hot topic, this is still a gripping saga with stand-out turns from Timberlake, Hirsch and kid-in-the-spotlight Yelchin." | |
Jonathan Dean | |
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2/5 |
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Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007) |
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"Trite family values, mediocre CGI and a shallow anti-exploitation message do little to fill the fun-gap. Still, hard to deny the buck-toothed buggers their one moment of glory: an a cappella take on ‘Funkytown’." | |
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4/5 |
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American Gangster (2007) |
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"Scott’s best film since Gladiator is a classy cops ’n robbers thriller where the latter outclasses the former. Crowe tries to redress the imbalance with a committed performance, but you can tell he knows it’s Washington’s movie." | |
Neil Smith | |
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2/5 |
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Anna M. (2007) |
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"Unfortunately, as director Michel Spinosa has discovered, making a Fatal Attraction-esque thriller that’s also a serious study of mental illness is a lot harder than it sounds." | |
Ellen E Jones | |
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2/5 |
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Are We Done Yet? (2007) |
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"US audiences ate it up and there are just enough laughs to appease those whose tastes run to utterly undemanding kiddie slapstick and life lessons." | |
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Arlington Road (1999) |
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"Well acted, often tense and certainly atmospheric!" | |
Cam Winstanley | |
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2/5 |
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As You Like It (2006) |
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"Unremarkable take on the Bard’s cross-dressing comedy, ostentatiously relocated to 19th-century Japan though wholly shot in the Home Counties." | |
Neil Smith | |
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4/5 |
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The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007) |
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"The running time and pacing may scare some, but Dominik has crafted an instant classic, with poetic visuals, sensational performances and a true love for the genre. Magnificent." | |
Mark Salisbury | |
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4/5 |
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Atonement (2007) |
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"Part costume drama, part war epic, Joe Wright’s follow-up to Pride & Prejudice is above all a touching love story with a potent sexual charge. Some viewers may feel cheated by the ending, but fans of the novel won’t be disappointed." | |
Neil Smith | |
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3/5 |
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August Rush (2007) |
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"Packing every cliché, coincidence and contrivance known to man (well, Hollywood screenwriters) into one glossy, saccharine, syrupy package takes some doing; but Highmore’s open-faced charm makes Evan’s sappy story tolerable." | |
Rob James | |
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2/5 |
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Avenue Montaigne (2007) |
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"A predictable piece of middlebrow nostalgia – akin to a French Love Actually – in which all the characters’ emotional predicaments and professional problems are miraculously resolved." | |
Tom Dawson | |
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3/5 |
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Away From Her (2007) |
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"This cautionary tale of making the most of life during our winter months successfully lodges itself into the memory." | |
Jane Crowther | |
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